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Dante Controller User Guide

Introduction

About Dante Controller

Dante Controller is a software application provided by Audinate which
allows users to configure and route audio around Dante networks. It is
available for Windows and macOS (see Minimum System Requirements for
more details).
Once you install Dante Controller on your PC or Mac and connect it to a
Dante network, you can use Dante Controller to:

n View all Dante-enabled audio devices and their channels on the net-
work
n View Dante-enabled device clock and network settings
n Route audio on these devices, and view the state of existing audio
routes
n Connect to Dante Domain Manager and control enrolled devices
n Lock and unlock Dante devices

n Change the labels of audio channels from numbers to names that suit you
n Customize the receive latency (latency before play out)
n Save audio routing presets
n Apply previously saved presets
n Edit presets offline, and apply as configurations for new network deployments
n View and set per-device configuration options, including:
o Changing the device name

o Changing sample rate and clock settings
o Viewing detailed network information
o Access the device web page to upgrade firmware and license information (where supported)
o Identify a device for example by flashing LEDs (where supported)
n View network status information, including:
o Multicast bandwidth across the network

o Transmit and receive bandwidth for each device
n View device performance information, including latency statistics and packet errors
n View clock status information for each device, including frequency offset history and clock event
logs

n Transmit and subscribe to AES67 RTP multicast audio flows, and SMPTE ST 2110-30
RTP multicast audio flows (DDM networks only)

The Dante Controller installation package also installs Dante Updater.

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